William alexander bowie



(N0 Model.)

W. A. BOWIE 81; E. J. DODD. MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

No. 552,983. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT W'ILLIAM ALEXANDER BOlV IE, OF LONDON, AND ERNESTJAMES DODD, OF NEV BARNET, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,983, dated January14, 1896.

A li ti fil d December 11, 1894. Serial No. 531,515. (No model.)Patented in England March 8, 1893, No. 6,066.

To all whom it may concern.- orderto dip in the liquid at the bottomthereof,

Be it known that we, lVILLIAIlI ALEXANDER while their upper ends arebent over the inner BOWIE, residing at 14 Tierney Road, Streatedge ofthe plate 12 and extend across this ham Hill, London, in the county ofSurrey,and plate in order to pass subsequently through 5 5 ERNEST JAMESDODD, residing at 2 Eveline corresponding perforations of the said plateVillas, Leicester Road, New Barnet, in the and supply each bottle in thetray below with county of Hertford, England, subjects of the thenecessary layer of liquid required which Queen of Great Britain andIreland, have inliquid is delivered by a supply-cock f actvented acertain new and useful Machine for uated by the ball or float f.

[0 Filling Bottles and other Similar Receptacles Fig. 3 shows the plate19 on the left-hand side with Liquids, (for which we have obtained aonly, one-half of this plate having been repatent in Great Britain, No.5,066, bearing moved on the right-hand side in order to show date March8, 1893,) of which the following the tray t below filled with bottles B.The is a specification. carrier is suspended by the bars 6 to an upper r5 Our invention relates to a new or improved horizontal bar (Z,terminated at each end by a machine for filling bottles and otherreceptascrew-threaded journal passing through the eles, and has for itsobject to fill up to a fixed slots .9 of the front uprights of the frameF, and uniform level any number of bottles, and secured to outervertical bars Z) by nuts whatever may be their size, contents or depth.or pins. The bars 6 terminate at the top with 20 Figure l is a frontelevation. Fig. 2 is a screw-rods passing through openings in the sideview, and Fig. 3 a plan, of our improved bar d and secured thereto bynuts so that the machine. Figs. landziare details of the same. height ofthe carrier can be adjusted accord The machine consists of a bed-plate Tearing to requirements. Upon each extremity rying two side frames Fconnected together of the axis a is fulcrumed a lever L, one end by atie-rod c, Fig. 2, and by the axis a and of each of which is fixed tothe bars Z) and the to which is suspended by the bars I), b and (Z otherto the bars b. One of these levers L cara carrier c designed to receivea tray containries or is formed with a slotted tailpiece q, ing thebottles B required to be filled and furwherein moves a pin a attached toa handnished with fixed or removable dividing bars lever 71-, pivoted atits lower end h to a pin fixed So 30 or partitions i", this tray slidingbetween to the side of the bed-plate T of the machine.

grooves formed in the inner sides of the car- Fig. 2 shows the positionof the parts of the rier c, Fig. 1, and being provided with a permachinebefore filling. In order to fill the forated removable false bottom tbottles 13 in the tray, the lever his'moved in At the back of themachine is arranged a the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, and raises, 5tank divided into two communicating parts by the aid of the pin atraveling along the O and 0" each of which is provided with a ballslot,the tail q and the end a of the lever L valve. In the part or tank 0 isarranged while its other end a is simultaneously lowa weighted body D,which we call a discred. This causes the trayt in front to be placer,and which is connected at the top to raised sufficiently to allow of thelower ends of 40 a horizontal bar 6 by means of two screw-rods the pipes7t entering the mouths of the bottles 3' passing through the said barand secured B on the said tray, while at the same time the thereto bynuts, so as to permit the depth of displacer D, bearing on the liquid atthe botthe displaeer in the compartment 0 of the tom of the tank 0,forces the same to ascend tank to be properly regulated. Thehorizonthrough the siphon-pipes 7c and to fill the bet 9 5 45 tal bar e'is terminated at each end with a tles up to auniforin level whichdepends upon screw-threaded journal passing through the the adjustmentof the displacer, the level of slots 5 of the rear uprights of the frameF and the liquid displaced being raised so as to cause secured to thetwo bars b'by nuts or otherwise. it to start the flow through the saidsiphon- Along the front wall of the tank ascend a row tubes and then bythe filling of the bottles to r 30 5c of siphon-pipes 7c, the lower endsof which gradually fall to the desiredlevel correspondpass through anextension 7: of the tank in ing with that in the bottles. The filling ofthe bottles consequently continues until the level of the liquid is thesame in the bottles as in the tank 0. As soon as thislevel is reachedthe flow of liquid ceases, and the lever it being brought back into itsoriginal position the tray is lowered in order to be emptied of thefilled bottles by removing its false bottom t and to be filled Withempty bottles, the displacer meanwhile being raised out of contact withthe liquid in the tank 0 and ceasing to act thereon.

Fig. 4 shows a separate view of the lever h, tail q and lever L in thereverse position to that shown in Fig. 2that is, when the carrier c israised.

Fig. 7 is a separate view of the ball or float f and the valve 'yconnecting the tanks 0 0 together for feeding the tank 0' with liquid toa certain depth and preventing the displacer D forcing the said liquidback into the tank or compartment 0.

Having now described our invention, What we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle filling machine comprising abed plate T frames F. F. pivotedlevers L. L, bars '6. 1), carrier 0, horizontal bars (I, z, displacer Dand adjustable suspension bars e e, substantially as described and setforth.

2. In a bottle filling machine the combination of the levers L Ltheslotted tail piece q and the pin a in gear therewith carried. by theoperating handle h the displacer D and means for filling the bottlessubstantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a bottle filling machine the combination of the carrier 0 the bars61 and e, the pivoted levers L L tail piece q, pin a lever h thedisplacer D and means for filling the bottles substantially as describedand for the purpose set forth.

4. In a bottle filling machine the means for filling the bottlescomprising the tanks 0 O fitted with ball valves f and 1 the siphonpipes 70 carried by the plate 19, the displacer D. adj ustably suspendedto the bar i the bars I) I connected to the pivoted levers L L the tailpiece q, pin a and lover h substantially as described and for thepurposes set forth.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER BOWIE. ERNEST JAMES DODl). \Vitnesses WILLIAMCURTAYNE, JOHN BEACH FLEURET.

